The time is always right to do the right thing

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

We do not consider our principles as dogmas contained in books said to come from heaven. We derive our inspiration, not from heaven, or the unseen world, but directly from life.

You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

Every nation has the right to demand proper treatment and no country should violate the territory of any other country.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

I just couldn't take school seriously: I had this guitar neck with four frets which I kept hidden under the desk. It had strings on it so I would practice my chord shapes under the desk and that's about all I did at school.

Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

Freedom and independence form my character.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.